The Money Talk Kit - 28 Page Printable Guide for Parents with 30 Dinner Table Money Questions and 8 Word for Word Scripts, Raising Money Smart Kids and Teens, Digital Download PDF

Your kid already has a theory about your family's money. It's probably wrong, and it's probably wrong in the direction that makes them anxious.

Most kids learn about money by watching, not by being taught. They clock the tension when a bill comes. They notice what gets bought without discussion and what starts an argument. By the time anybody sits them down for a lesson, they have already absorbed a complete set of beliefs about money, and almost all of it came from what nobody said.

The Money Talk Kit is for the silence. 28 printable pages. No lessons, no worksheets, nothing to grade. You read a question out loud and then you mostly shut up.

30 questions, and what each answer is telling you

This is not a list of conversation starters. Every one of the 30 questions comes with Listen For (what their answer actually reveals) and Go Deeper (the single follow-up that opens it up). Ask "what's a job you think is underpaid" and the kit tells you to listen for whether they tie pay to effort, skill or importance, because those are three completely different theories of the world.

Organized in five groups: easy openers, value and choices, earning and work, ads and pressure, and the bigger ones.

8 hard moments, with word-for-word scripts

The questions above are the ones you choose to ask. These are the ones that get asked of you, usually at the worst possible time. Each gets a full page with four parts: why it lands hard, say this, don't say this, and what to do if they push.

• "How much money do you make?"
• "Why can't we afford that?" ... and why "we're choosing not to" teaches the opposite lesson
• "Everybody else has one."
• They blew all their money on something dumb
• "Are we rich? Are we poor?"
• "Why does their family have more than us?"
• "Can I borrow it and pay you back?" ... their first experience of debt, and you're the bank
• They overheard something they shouldn't have

Also inside

• Start With Yourself ... a private 5-question audit, because kids copy how you behave around money, not what you say about it
• How To Run One ... four moves, plus the three things that kill a money talk instantly
• When It Goes Badly ... repair scripts, including exactly what to say after you lectured
• Money Talk By Age ... what lands at 6-8, 9-11, 12-14 and 15-18, with the best questions listed for each
• The Allowance Question ... four models compared honestly, plus a fill-in agreement you both sign and stick on the fridge
• If Your Situation Is Different ... two houses, siblings with different amounts, grandparents who overgive, single parents, and what changes when money is genuinely tight
• Three Talks Before They Leave ... the paycheck, the credit card and the gap, each with a deadline and an opening script
• The 12-Week Plan ... one question a week with checkboxes, so this doesn't become another thing you meant to do
• The Fridge Sheet ... the entire book on one printable page

You don't have to be good at money

Nothing in this book requires you to have your own finances figured out. Not one question. The parents who raise money-smart kids are not the ones with the best spreadsheets, they're the ones whose kids will still bring them a money question at twenty-two.

Product details

• Format: Digital PDF file, instant download. No physical product is shipped.
• Length: 28 pages
• Page size: US Letter, 8.5 x 11 inches
• Includes: 30 coached questions, 8 scripted hard moments, allowance agreement, 12-week plan, printable fridge sheet
• For: Parents and guardians of kids ages 6-18
• Prep time: none
• Brand: Street Rebirth, Los Angeles

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Educational material only. It does not provide personal financial, legal, tax or investment advice.

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